Eating processed meat boosts diabetes risk by 40 percent

[Guest guest]

I suppose this has much to do with the type of red meat you're eating:

conventionally fed or pastured-fed. And from what I understand, vegetables

contain far more nitrates than meat.

 

Joanne

 

On Dec 2, 2009, at 2:55 PM, bestsurprise2002 wrote:

 

> Eating processed meat boosts diabetes risk by 40 percent

> Wednesday, December 02, 2009 by: Paul Louis, staff writer

> _http://www.naturalnews.com/027636_processed_meat_diabetes.html_

> (http://www.naturalnews.com/027636_processed_meat_diabetes.html)

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> A report based on data from 12 pooled cohort studies on heavy meat diets

> was led by Dagfinn Aune from the University of Oslo and published in the

> journal Diabetologia. The study determined that the high intake of processed

> meat may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 41

> percent.

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> This new meta-analysis was conducted jointly from Norway and the US. The

> general conclusions of the study suggested that: " High intake of total meat

> increased the risk of diabetes by 17 percent, while red meat and processed

> meat were associated with 21 and 41 percent increases in diabetes risk. "

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> One of the primary purposes of this study was to resolve, " . . .

> inconsistencies from previous studies which found both positive and negative

> associations between meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes. "

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> Barry Popkin from the University of North Carolina described the study as

> " excellent' and he went on to say that it " reiterates the concerns echoed

> in other major reviews and studies on the adverse effects of excessive meat

> intake " .

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> The higher rate of diabetes risk from processed meats can be attributed to

> the nitrates used as preservatives. Other studies have documented that

> nitrates cause beta cell toxicity. Beta cells are involved with the production

> of insulin. Consequently, their ability to produce insulin is blocked by

> nitrate induced toxicity.

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> Animal model studies proved that low doses of nitrosamine streptozotocin

> induced type 2 diabetes. Nitrosamines are formed by the nitrates interacting

> with amino acids in the stomach.

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> Earlier studies have documented negative health consequences with heavy

> meat eating. The US National Cancer Institute (NCI) has warned that " . . .

> high intakes of red and processed meats may raise the risk of lung and

> colorectal cancer by up to 20 percent. " And the World Cancer Research Fund has

> reported a direct link to cancer with alcohol, red and processed meats. They

> also found that heavy red and processed meat eaters risked earlier death.

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> Sources for this article include:

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> _http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Science-Nutrition/Meat-linked-to-increased

> -diabetes-risk-Meta-analysis_

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(http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Science-Nutrition/Meat-linked-to-increased-dia\

betes-risk-Meta-analysis)

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> _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_cell_

> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_cell)

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